Good thursday morning, im marci gonzalez, diana perez is off. Im Muhammad Lila in for john muller. Also an update on the latest amanda knox murder trial but we begin with the big developing story, the scandal involving new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the lane closures at the worlds busiest bridge just got a lot more serious overnight. One death happened during the days long traffic mess near the George Washington bridge when paramedics were delayed. The traffic backups appear to have been orchestrated by a top aide to christie. Abcs mary bruce is live in washington with the story. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, well, this scandal over an epic traffic yam is becoming a main political liability for the rising republican star, governor chris christie. What happens when you combine political power, retribution and road rage . A political scandal. Jersey style. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie a rumored 2016 president ial candidate is in a political jam over a traffic s
Unnamed regulators. Restaurants are up 6 . Whys that . Clarence otis has agreed to step down by the end of this year. Investors have been unhappy with his turnaround. In the meantime, president obama may grant work permits as soon as next month to millions of undocumented immigrants, marking the first major action on immigration. Mattingly with more on this. What can the white house do on its own . What we have heard and seen behind the scenes, Top Obama Administration officials have been working to try and figure out what they can do to address some of the 11 million undocumented immigrants. What we know at this point in is two realre tracks they are considering. Work permits for undocumented immigrants, primarily those that are the parents of u. S. Citizens or guardians of u. S. Citizens. That is a couple million individuals there. They are considering the possibility of expanding a deferred action plan they put into place in 2012 for children brought to the u. S. That was a plan tha
Profits at ubs stronger than analysts have been expecting. Analysts paying attention to questions hanging over the bank. Ubs has closed u. S. Probes into its dark pool alternative trading system. The companies cfo will join us live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Meantime, bp posting a big jump in its quarterly profits driven by Strong Production numbers. However, the oil giant is warning further western sanctions on russia might hurt its business there. Bp makes about a third of its crude oil output in russia. It is the single largest Foreign Investors in that country for its nearly 20 stake in state oil companies. And eu leaders are meeting to debate economic sanctions against russia. A new list of putin associations and businesses that will face tougher measures is expected tomorrow. Lets talk about a bit of other corporate news. U. S. Investors are knew suing barclays. The attorney general accused the bank of lying to customers regarding its electronic trading platform. The investor ar
We we this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 90 year old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, becomes the first person in the world to receive the pfizer covid 19 jab, following its clinical approval. Applause. She was given the vaccine at her local hospital in coventry. 800,000 doses are currently available in the uk with up to four million more expected by the end of the month. It was fine, it was fine. I wasnt nervous at all, it was really good, yeah. Shes protecting herself, but shes also helping to protect entire country. Across the whole of the uk this morning, that is happening in scotland, Northern Ireland
and wales, in england, people are having the vaccine for the first time. Let us know your thoughts on the start of the Mass Vaccination Programme in the uk on twitter im geetagurumurthy or its bbcyourquestions. The rest of the headlines. Borisjohnson heads to brussels later this week for face to face talks saying a post brexit trade de
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